There’s a very little difference between the normal general community quarantine and GCQ with heightened restrictions but still it pays to know those slight differences.

In the know: What to expect under ‘GCQ with heightened restrictions

Several crew of an ambulance undergo disinfection shortly after arriving at Jose R. Reyes Memorial Hospital in Manila on Friday, 14 May 2021. 

UNDERGOING DISINFECTION

If the world is to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19, richer countries must share their excess vaccines with poorer nations, the United Nations urged.

UN’s Guterres calls for fairer vaccine redistribution

Once completed, passengers passing through Batangas Port will have to undergo a 10-day quarantine at the new Provincial Quarantine Hub set up by the Batangas provincial government inside the maritime terminal.

Batangas provincial gov't to construct 400-bed capacity quarantine hub

The spike of Covid-19 cases in Quezon City is due to the local government’s aggressive testing and contact tracing, according to Mayor Joy Belmonte.

QC ramps up testing, contact tracing efforts

India’s new Covid-19 variant is proving to be much more difficult to contain, complicating global efforts to stop a year-old pandemic.

WHO ‘frightened’ by new Covid-19 variant from India

To move the country closer to herd immunity, a solon has asked the government to use the outlets of pharmacy chains in malls for its vaccination programs, instead of confining them to LGU-designated vaccination centers, which could lead to overcrowding and defeat the purpose of national vaccination program.

Solon urges DOH to use mall-based pharmacy chains in vax program

As Covid-19 cases in the United States continue to decline, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says fully vaccinated people need not wear a mask indoors anymore.

Free at last!  US lifts indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people

A medical health worker vaccinates an elderly citizen with the first dose of American-made Pfizer vaccines at the Makati Medical Center on Friday, 14 May 2021. 

PFIZER VACCINES FOR THE ELDERLY

With Leyte province still under a modified general community quarantine, the provincial government is optimistic on the province’s chances of recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic as business activities and flow of products remain less restricted.

More investments seen as Leyte stays under MGCQ status

Free at last! US lifts indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people

 United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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